Question

英语短文。课前演讲用

我是高一的。。老师要求课前英文演讲。每人一天，要轮到我了。演讲时间最好控制在三分钟，只多不少。
现在我急需英语短文，有哲理的故事，令人映像深刻的故事都行、、事件说明（我有同学就是讲的RB和电站）或者介绍性的最好不要。
当然也可以是笑话，但最好长一点。。否则时间不够。网上的那些我看了觉得一般般。。
求助，最好多罗列几篇文章。。越多越好，我好来选。诗的话，恩算了吧，感觉不太好。
小弟感激不尽
我想要的是一些，恩，带有隐喻的哲理的文章吧。像1L的那个像单纯的说理文章。最好是带有一些故事性的，然后能够揭示出什么的、
还有啊。。我没有这些书。。为我推荐某些书上的文章能不能贴到网上来。。谢谢了
我看2L新概念4都搞出来了、、不要太难。。忘了说了、、尽量是初三至高一水平，生词最好不要超过8个。。。老师要求的。，。

Answer 1

Friendship
Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or two good friends. My friends will listen to me when I want to speak, will wipe my eyes when I cry, will take care of me when I am sick, and my friends will go together with me side by side through this journey of life.
As students, we could share more time with our friends. The friendship in our young hearts is pure, fresh and simple. I often feel very lucky to have a lot of good friends. Especially when I had Justin as one of my best friends. Justin was my English teacher from the USA. I met him in 1996 when I was a student who could only speak very little English. Justin was a vivid young man with a bright smile on his face, and he always had his special way to make the class active and attractive. He taught us English by telling stories, playing games, singing songs, and even dancing. I could still remember very clearly that one afternoon when we fin-ished our class, we went to some other classes to sing songs for them, just like what people do in the states on Christmas Eve. It was so interesting and unforgettable. Justin was an excellent teacher, because he taught us not only how to study English well, but also the way to find out the beauty of the world and the way to be angels to others' lives. I know there was friendship and pure love in our hearts. Facing this valuable emotion neither nationality nor age was important, the real importance lay in faith, under-standing, and care. Justin is the best friend I have ever had, and I know I will cherish those days of staying together with him as the best part of my memory.
Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the longer it is kept, the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best choice, but when we have enough time to enjoy ourselves, it is also the most fragrant drink.
However, in this fast-developing modern society, the reality is not that. More and more people forget to enjoy the beauty of life and -the beauty of friendship. They work hard in order to gain a higher position, in the society and to earn more money for their work. Of course, we don't deny that it is important to find a bet-ter place in our lives, but we wish more and more people could pay a little more attention to themselves and their friends. All of us have to spare some time for personal lives. We have to find the chance to express our emotion and love. When staying with our friends, we can release ourselves completely. We can do whatever we want, we can laugh together, talk together, and even cry to-gether. I should say that being together with our best friends is the most wonderful moment of our lives.
As we know, we would feel lonely if we didn't even have a friend. But it doesn't mean we could depend on our friends all the time. There is a famous motto saying that “A friend is like a quilt with cotton wadding, but the real thing that keeps you warm is your own temperature.” It is really true. We have to work hard together with our friends, encourage each other and help each other. When we receive love and friendship, we should repay as much as we can.
Finally, let's pray together now that one day, all of us could find the person we want to find, and could enjoy a real beautiful friendship in our lives. Let's pray the flower of friendship be-tween our friends and us would always bloom brightly in our heart.
这是一篇关于友谊的文章，愿你友谊天长地久，祝你学习进步！天天开心！

Answer 2

建议你可以弄新闻，直接搞一篇voa的新闻就好，时事的不错。
哲理散文的话，新概念四有些不错的名家散文，比如《HOW TO GROW OLD》之类
新东方的一些没问背诵的东西也不错

Answer 3

The Ass and His Masters驴和他的三任主人

An ass, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little foodand too much work made a petition to Jupiter to be released fromhis present service and provided with another master. Jupiter,after warning him that he would repent his request, caused him tobe sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, finding that he hadheavier loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, hepetitioned for another change of master. Jupiter, telling himthat it would be the last time that he could grant his request,ordained that he be sold to a tanner. The Ass found that he hadfallen into worse hands, and noting his master's occupation,said, groaning: "It would have been better for me to have beeneither starved by the one, or to have been overworked by theother of my former masters, than to have been bought by mypresent owner, who will even after I am dead tan my hide, andmake me useful to him."
He that finds discontentment in one place is not likely to find happiness in another one.
草药商人的一头驴，因不满自己吃不饱还要干重活，向朱庇特请愿，希望能给自己换个主人，使自己从眼前的苦难中解脱出来。朱庇特提醒他，也许他会后悔做这个请求。驴执意。于是朱庇特使他被卖给了一个烧砖工。驴很快就发现自己在砖地里要干更重的活，驮更重的东西。于是他再一次请求更换主人。朱庇特告诉他，这将是他的最后一次机会。这一次，驴被一个皮革匠给买走了。知道了新主人的行当后，驴发现自己落入了更悲惨的境地，他痛苦的呻吟道，“在第一位主人那儿挨饿也好，在第二位主人那累死累活也罢，怎么着也比现在这种情况好啊。等我死了，他还要扒了我的皮，当做我对他的最后一点用处。”
总是对现状不满的人，到哪都不会如意。